Magazine-hammer.



Patented July' 9, 190i.

a. s. T ARBELL. MAGAZINE HAMMER.

(Applicatidn filed Feb. 28 1901.) (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GROVE S. TARBELL, OF LOOKPORT, ILLINOIS.

MAGAZINE-HAM MER'.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,062, dated July 9,1901.

' Application filed February 28, 1901- Serial No. 49,209. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GROVE S.TARBELL,a citizen of the United States,residing at Lockport, in the county of Will and State of Illinois,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine-Hammers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a magazine-hammer which willcarry a large number of tacks or nails, and, through the medium of asimple and effective mechanism, to regulate the feed thereof andposition the same so that they may be readily set or struck into anobject with sufficient force to hold the tack in place for driving, theoperation of feeding the tacks being automatic and the supplying andsetting of them being accomplished with one hand, leaving the other freeto hold the work which it is desired to secure in place. To this end thehandle is constructed to carry the tacks and contains mechanism forsuccessively feeding the same out of the magazine thereof and intoproper position for setting them into the object, the parts whichcontrol and regulate the feeding of the tacks or nails constituting aclosure for the handle forming the magazine and providing an anvil orplaten to support the tacks and enable the operator to set them inposition.

The hammer is further provided with an adjustable seat, whereby the samemay be used with tacks or nails of different sizes without having theends thereof project unduly beyond the head.

The hammer is further provided with a magnetized seat by which thebodies of the tacks are held in proper position for setting and areprevented from escaping from proper position, from which, however, theymay be readily drawn after. being properly set.

A magazine-hammer which may be operated entirely with one hand is veryserviceable in tacking laths, in laying carpets, and for other classesof work where it is required that one hand of the operator shall be freeto hold the work it is desired to tack in place.

My invention therefore contemplates the production of ahammer which willfulfil these requirements in a simple and-effective manner.

The following specification is a detailed description of my invention,reference being .when the latter is in use.

had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the reference-numerals thereon,which indicate the different parts, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a hammer embodying the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the removable head, with the handle insection. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.

4: is a plan View of the removable head and cylindrical in cross-sectionfor a suitable portion of its length to provide a magazine 3 forreceiving a' supply, of tacks or nails. The

magazine is .formed with a longitudinal slot 4, preferably runningthroughout its length and on the under side when considered with re*lation to the position assumed by the head The handle is provided withsuitable depending guards 5, which extend along the longitudinal slot toprotect the operators hand from the projecting nailbodies and which forma raceway in which the bodies of the tacks or nails travel, their headsbeing confined within the magazine, as

shown in the drawings.

The open end of the magazine is provided with oppositely-disposed slots6, extending back a suitable distance and arranged in a plane transverseto the plane of the feed slot 4 to receive the means to hold and retainthe plug 7 in position, each slot 6 being in the form of a bayonet-slotor having a downwardly-projecting recess 6,arranged at a suitabledistance from the end of the handle for a purpose to be presentlydescribed. The plug 7 has a substantially circular block of metaladapted to enter and close the bore of the handle at the open end of themagazine and is preferably flattened at its lower portion 8 whenconsidered with relation to the position assumed by the device in use.The plug 7 is provided with a central bore or recess 7 which receives amagnetized seat 9, pivoted therein upon a pin 10, which extends out uponeach side beyond the plug andis adapted to enter and traverse the slots6 of the handle. The seat 9 is provided with a second pin 11, which alsoextends upon each side beyond the line of the plug, which is providedwith slightly-elongated slots 12 to permit the passage of the same andallow a certain amount of play for a purpose to be hereinafterdescribed. The bore or recess of the plug is somewhat larger than theseat 9, which is forced downwardly therein by any suitable means, suchas the spring 13, which preferably is attached to the seat and bearsagainst the bore of the plug to normally hold the pin 11 in the lowerportions of the slots 12 when the parts are assembled. The seat extendsout beyond the end of the plug and is grooved or substantiallytrough-shaped in cross-section and preferably is provided withupwardlyprojecting cars 14: at its end to accommodate and hold the bodyof a nail or tack. The exposed end of the seat is provided with asuitably-magnetized plate 15, preferably of the form shown in thedrawings, which is arranged in the seat to permit a portion of thebody'of the nail or tack to be in contact therewith as it lies betweenthe ears in the groove of the seat. The flat portion of the plug isprovided with a rib 7 which is formed with a channel on its under faceadapted to register with the feed-slot of the magazine when the plug isin position. A pair of jaws 16, preferably in the form of lightleaf-springs, are attached to the sides of the rib of the plug, andtheir front ends are Wider than their bodies and wider than the rib andextend outwardly in front of the rib and beyond the line of the plug,where they are bent inwardly toward each other to form shoulders toretain the heads of the tacks or nails with their bodies in positionupon the seat, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, but allow them to bereadily detached therefrom. The recesses 6, connecting with the slot 6,form bayonet-slots to receive and retain the pin 11, which is carried bythe seat 9. The seat may be adjusted within the plug and so within thebore of the handle to regulate the size of the seat provided by theextended portion 9 and the jaws 16, whereby the device may be adj ustedto accommodate tacks or nails of various sizes. The seat 9 is providedwith a plurality of perforations 9 and 9 respectively, for receiving thepins 10 and 11, respectively, these pins being removable and insertiblewithin either perforation of their series. These perforations arearranged in uniform order, so that when the pin 10 is in either of itsperforations the associated perforation for the pin 11 will be in linewith the slots 12, thus permitting the plug to be locked within the boreof the handle in either position of the seat. It is obvious that theears 14c of the seat are nearer to or farther from the springs or jaws16, according to the position of the pins 10 and 11 within theperforations in the seat, and that the trough is adjusted to regulatethe length of the seat to accommodate any desired size of nail, such asa shingle-nail, ora smaller size, such as a tack. It is of coursedesirable that the point of the nail or tack shall extend but slightlybeyond the end of the seat, and by providing the adjustment for the seatthe device may be employed with nails or tacks of different sizeswithout exposing their ends unduly beyond the seat portion.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it will be apparent that the plug is bodily removed from thebore of the handle to allow a quantity of tacks or nails to be placedwithin the magazine and that after the magazine is closed by insertingthe plug the bodies of the nails or tacks will fall into position withinthe feedslot, and as the handle is brought into substantially a verticalposition by the operator they will slide or feed toward the plug 7, andthe formost one of them will pass into the channel in the rib of theplug and into the seat formed by the springs or jaws 16 and themagnetized trough 9, where the magnet will attract it and retain it inposition with its head between the shoulders of the jaws and its bodylying within the trough of the seat. The pointed end of the nail or tackwill project beyond the seat, and its head will rest against the end ofthe rib 7 which thereby forms an anvil or backing for the same,wherebythe operator may strike or set the nail or tack in the floor or lathwhile it is thus positioned, the anvil acting as a backing andpermitting the operator to start the nail into the wood. When thisoperation is completed and the hammer is withdrawn from its settingposition, the springs or jaws 16 will open to permit the head of thetack to pass out, and the operator then drives it home with thehammer-head, another tack moving to place on the seat.

Various changes may be made in the con struction without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention.' For example, the spring betweenthe plug and seat may be replaced by a yielding packing, otherconnecting means may be provided for permitting the adjustment of theseat within the plug, and other forms of magnet may be pro-' vided.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a magazine-hammer, a hollow handle providing a magazine and havinga feed-slot, a plug removably fitting the bore of the handle and havinga seat to retain the nails or tacks.

2. In a magazine-hammer, a hollow handle providing a magazine and havinga feed-slot, and a seat adjustable within the bore of the handle.

3. In a magazine-hammer, a hollow handle providing a magazine and havinga feed-slot, and a magnetized seat adjustable within the bore of themagazine.

4. In a magazine-hammer in combination, a cylindrical handle providing amagazine and having a longitudinal feed-slot and bayonet-slots, a plugadapted to the bore of the D handle and having pins to engage thebayonet-slots and a magnetized seat.

5. In a magazine-hammer in combination, a cylindrical handle providing amagazine and having a longitudinal feed-slot and oppositely-disposedbayonet-slots, a recessed plug adapted to the bore of the handle andhaving elongated slots adapted'to register with the bayonet-slots, aseat pivoted in the with the bayonet-slots, an anvil on the plug, 20

jaws pivoted on the anvil to register with the feed-slot, a seat pivotedin the plug, pins on the seat projecting through the elongated slots andmeans to force the pins within the bayonet-slots.

7. In a magazine-hammer, a hollowhandle providing a magazine and havinga feed-slot,

a recessed plug adapted to the magazine having a channel adapted toregister with said slot, and a seat adjustable within the recess of thehead. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses;

GROVE S. TARBELL;

Witnesses:

J. MOROBERTS, LAWRENCE LARSEN.

